BYU ahead Morgan Bailey (41) fights for place in opposition to Utah ahead Taryn Wicijowski (11) through the second half of a basketball recreation between Utah and BYU on the Jon M. Huntsman Middle, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012. On Tuesday, June 7, 2022, BYU introduced that it employed Bailey as an assistant coach. Ben Brewer, Deseret Information
New BYU Cougars head ladies’s basketball coach Amber Whiting has turned to a former standout participant as she continues to fill out her teaching employees.
On Tuesday, BYU introduced that it has employed Morgan Bailey, who starred for the Cougars from 2010-2015, as an assistant coach.
Bailey returns to BYU after having been an assistant at close by Utah Valley College for 3 seasons. Previous to that, she was on teaching staffs at Southern Utah College and Snow School.
She is a graduate of Timpanogos Excessive, a brief drive from BYU and UVU.
“Morgan was a tremendous participant that has a wealth of information, expertise and power,” Whiting mentioned in a information launch assertion. “I'm so excited to have her on our employees. Her capacity to show and ability develop at this degree is second to none.
“Her character will match so properly with our staff and complement our employees. She additionally has nice connections with the ladies and can be a tremendous mentor for them.”
As a participant for the Cougars, Bailey earned AP honorable point out All-America recognition and West Coast Convention Participant of the Yr honors after an amazing 2014-15 senior season through which she averaged 17.2 factors and 10.5 rebounds per recreation as BYU made the Candy 16 within the NCAA Match.
Bailey is the niece of Utah Jazz colour commentator and former NBA participant Thurl Bailey.
“I'm grateful for coach Whiting for trusting me with this chance and I'm blessed to be again on the college and program that constructed me,” Bailey mentioned within the information launch. “I need to give that very same expertise of success and development again to the student-athletes I work with.
“I’m grateful for the locations I’ve been, the coaches and gamers I've labored with, and for the experiences which have ready me for this. We've got a variety of work to do and I'm able to get after it.”
Bailey joins affiliate head coach Lee Cummard, who performed for the boys’s staff, as additions to Whiting’s employees thus far.